There's A Second Angle Of The Eagles Fan Smashing Into A Pole And It's So Much Better

There’s A Second Angle Of The Eagles Fan Smashing Into A Pole And It’s So Much Better

The retired Brian Dawkins remains one of the hardest-hitting safeties in NFL history. But as one Philadelphia Eagles fan learned the hard way this weekend before his team’s blowout victory over the Minnesota Vikings, merely donning Dawkins’ jersey does not make one invincible.

By now you’ve probably seen it, the video, shot from inside a moving subway train, of an Eagles fan running to keep pace with the car, only to meet an untimely end to his reveling in the form of a support pillar.

And now we have a second angle that reveals so much of the story—what our Kevin Pillar impersonator was doing before his doomed run, and that there was a second, possibly harder impact: his smashing into the moving train after the collision with the pole.

“Yeah, I hit the pole, but the passion is there,” Desai told AP. “It reflects the passion of the entire city. We are good fans. Yeah, there are a couple of bad apples in the mix, in any city you’re going to find that, but I think as a whole we have supported this team for years and years and years. I think this city is ready to bring home the hardware.”